Bank level 7 Practitioner Psychologist

Birmingham Community Health Care Nhs Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is offering a Bank Practitioner Psychologist within the Children and Families Division, Neurodevelopmental Hub in the Birmingham area. The role requires autonomous specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention with children with developmental needs.

The post requires HCPC registration, and postgraduate doctoral-level training in clinical or applied psychology; you will provide expert advice to families and professionals,

Qualifications

• Postgraduate doctoral-level training in clinical or applied psychology accredited by the British Psychological Society.
• Current HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychological assessments for children referred to the service using psychometric and neuropsychological tools, rating scales, observations and interviews.
• Develop psychological formulations and deliver evidence-based interventions; monitor progress and exercise autonomous professional responsibility for assessment, treatment planning and discharge.
• Offer specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues and other agencies; contribute to risk assessment and care planning; may act as care co-ordinator.
• Contribute to teaching, training, supervision, audit, research and service evaluation to advance psychologically informed practice across the service.

Skills

Specialist psychological assessments

Formulation development

Evidence-based interventions

Risk assessment & management

Consultation with families & other pro

Teaching & supervision

Audit & research

Education

Postgraduate doctoral-level training in clinical or applied psychology

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a Practitioner Psychologist to join the Children and Families Division, working within the Neurodevelopmental Hub. This is a Bank level 7 bank-only position, providing specialist psychological services to children with developmental and neurodevelopmental needs across the Birmingham area. Working autonomously within professional guidelines and service procedures, you will undertake specialist psychological assessment, formulation and intervention. You will also provide expert advice and consultation to families, carers, colleagues and professionals from partner services involved in a child's care. Applicants must have postgraduate doctoral-level training in clinical or applied psychology, accredited by the British Psychological Society, and current HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.,

• You will provide specialist psychological assessments for children referred to the service, drawing upon information from psychometric and neuropsychological assessments, rating scales, observations, interviews and other relevant sources.
• You will develop psychological formulations and deliver appropriate evidence-based interventions for children, families, carers and groups. You will evaluate treatment options, monitor progress and exercise autonomous professional responsibility for assessment, treatment planning and discharge.
• The role includes providing specialist psychological advice, guidance and consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues and other agencies. You will contribute to risk assessment and management, care planning and reviews, and may act as care co-ordinator where appropriate.
• You will also contribute to teaching, training, supervision, audit, research, service evaluation and the ongoing development of psychologically informed practice across the service.

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands. If you want to 'Be Part Of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.